I thought grinding was fun. You can do some of that in the sea quest also to make it less annoying. When you grind it opens up all of the abilities of the characters so its never been a problem for me. I can understand how it can be boring though.

John 8:7 He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone.

MERG said:

If I was only ever able to have Monster Hunter and EO games in the future, I would be a happy man.

IGN gave Radiant Historia an 8.5, and an editor's choice award (I'm trying to figure out why it didn't get a 9, lol). It's getting a bunch of scores in the 8's and 9's range, so I'm totally going to pick it up ASAP. I'm really excited – the battle system looks awesome, and the story looks cool. And oh my gawsh... the soundtrack... <3 <3 <3

Word of warning: The soundtrack that comes with the game is the Piano Arranged version. Just so everyone knows. I hear it's not as good as the Original, too. Oh well, I'm sure I'll enjoy it regardless.